The controversial Mexican president pens a letter to Juan Lindolfo Cuestas to
congratulate him for having been elected Provisional President of the Republic of
Uruguay, and also to reassure the good relations between his nations. The letter is
countersigned by the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Manuscript Letter Signed: “Porfirio Diaz” and “Ignacio Mariscal” in iron gall ink.9¼x14¼,
folded. 18½x14¼, flat. Two pages. Dated: April 27, 1898. Fully Translated in English:
“Porfirio Diaz. President of the United States of Mexico, to Your Excellency Mr. Juan L. Cuestas,
Provisional President in charge of the Executive Branch of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Great and Good Friend: I have had the honor to receive the letter from Your Excellency dated on
February 10, in which you were kind enough to inform me that in response to the vehement
wishes of your countrymen and to the unanimous and expressed will of the Country, you have
taken the supreme leadership of the State as Provisional President in charge of the Executive
branch of the Republic, creating a Council of State that shall fulfill the functions of the Legislative
Branch until the general elections for Senators and Representatives of the Nation are legally
practiced and the candidate who will guide their destinies as President of the Republic is chosen. I
congratulate Your Excellency for the distinction that has just been given to you and I will sincerely
cooperate with Your Excellency to meet the wishes that boost you to improve and tight up the good
relations that happily exist between the United States of Mexico and the Oriental Republic of
Uruguay, I pray for the prosperity and development of that Republic and for the personal
happiness of Your Excellency, to who I gladly reassure myself as a loyal friend. Porfirio Diaz.
Ignacio MAriscal. Written in the National Palace of Mexico, April 27, 1898.” JOSE DE LA
CRUZ PORFIRIO DIAZ MORI (1830-1915) was the 29th President of Mexico, who
served seven terms totaling three and a half decades between 1876 and 1911. Even though
he had started his preparation to become a priest, he found out that his real vocation was the
military and became a soldier and lawyer. As a veteran of the Reform War and the French
intervention in Mexico, he rose to the rank of General, leading republican troops against
Emperor Maximilian of Habsburg. Mexican historians have called his presidential term
Porfiriato. Porfirio Diaz is a controversial historical figure, some consider him a heartless
villain and others a man who did not hesitate to impose order and progress in the country. His
presidency term is known for the enormous internal stability known as “paz porfiriana”,
modernization and economic growth.Even though Porfirio Diaz made a heavy
investment in mining and railways from American and British business his regime grew
unpopular due to repression and political stagnation. Furthermore because his economic
policies helped a few wealthy land owners to acquire huge areas of land that left rural farming
peasants unable to make a living, thus resulting in few jobs and very low wages for the growing
working population of Mexico. All of that directly originated the Mexican Revolutionwhich
main purpose was to remove him from power after he imprisoned his electoral rival and
declared himself the winner of an eight term in office.Fearing for his life, he and his wife
escaped to France, where he died in exile for years later. He is buried in Montparnasse
cemetery in Paris. Even though in recent years some historians have started a deep re-analysis
of his legacy and recognized the progress he brought to Mexico, some still considering him a
dictator and proof of it is that his remains have not been returned to Mexico. IGNACIO
MARISCAL FAGOAGA (1829-1910) was a very important writer, diplomat and
politician. There is just a little information about his family, his father was Mariano
Mariscal, who was a deputy during the Mexican-American War. Ignacio Mariscal studied
law at the Oaxaca Institute of Arts and Sciences, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in
1849. Due to his position to the pro Santa Anna's governor, Ignacio Martinez Pinillo, he
moved to Mexico City in 1854; and after the triumph of the liberal wing, Benito Juarez
invited him to take part of the Juan Alvarez administration and was named advisor on the
implementation of Ecclesiastical Confiscation Law. For his knowledge and experience
Mariscal was elected as deputy of the 1857 Constituent Congress of Mexico. This Congrees
draw up the Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States on 1857. He was member
of the Judicial Committee where he took part on the debates related to the military and
ecclesiastical Fuero. With the beginning of the Reform War he traveled with President Juarez
to Veracruz. He was named Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1871 to 1872 for the first
time in the Benito Juarez administration.During the Porfirio Diaz's government, he held
the office from 1880 to 1883 and from 1885 to 1910. In 1909 he became President of
Mexican Academy of the Language and remained there until his death. During his life he
wrote several books and translated some from English into Spanish, one of them is The Crow,
by Edgar Allan Poe. Lightly toned and soiled. Staple holes at upper left corner. Normal
mailing folds. Otherwise, fine condition.

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